Here’s an uncomfortable truth:
While many of us follow trendy green juices, food trucks and fad diets, there’s a far more alarming food trend happening all around us – and it affects up to 3.6 million Australians.

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FOOD INSECURITY IS A REALITY IN AUSTRALIA

Each year, 15% of the Australian population are hit by hard times and find themselves unable to get the food they need.

This is called food insecurity, and many reach out for food relief in these dire moments. No one’s story is the same – it strikes pensioners, families, and children, the employed and the jobless, the city and the country. Some might have suffered illness or abuse, copped a big bill, lost an income, a home, or a loved one – but all of them are going through a rough patch where food comes second.

Even more alarmingly, according to the 2017 Foodbank Hunger Report, 65,000 Australians who need food relief are turned away each month as there simply isn’t enough food to go around. It’s hard to imagine this happening in our privileged country – but it’s impossible to ignore.

HELP US FIGHT HUNGER

Working together with farmers, the wider food sector and thousands of charity partners, Foodbank helps source and supply 1.2 million meals each and every week for people in their time of need – but with many still turned away, we urgently need your help too.

Join the fight to end this food trend once and for all by signing up today.